Antiskidding device for vehicle-wheels.



0. B. KIBBY. ANTISKIDDING DEVICE FOR VEHIGLE WHEELS.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB.23, 1910.

PHJJBIltGd Mar. 28, 1911.

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stern 03.9. B. KIBBY, F CINCIHNATI, QHIQ, AS SIGNOR 0F ONE-HALE TO EDGAR J. MOGH, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

. ANTKSKIDDING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-"WHEELS.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 23, 1910. Serial No. 545,335.

Patented Mar. as, 1911.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ORA B. Kinny, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Uhio, have invented certain new and use- .tnl Improvements in Antiskidding Dev ces for l/ ehicle'l/Vheels, of which the following isaspecification. a

My invention relates to anthslndding devices for vehicle wheels, especially such as are used in connection with pneumatic tires of automobiles. I v

My invention consists in a flexible member arranged to be received about the periphery oi the vehiclewheel, and novel means for attaching the same to the wheel, and the invention will be readily understood from the following description and claims,

' and from the drawings, in which latter:

Figure 1 is av side elevation of my improved device shown applied to a wheel the wheel being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, the wheel being' shown in section on the line z.2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a. plan View oi the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the clampplates; and, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my improved device, showing the tire-chain diago'nally arranged.

1 represents so much of a vehicle wheel as is necessary to illustrate my invention, the same being shown as a wheel having a pneumatic tire.

.2 are the spokes of the wheel, 3 the telly, 1 a usual pneumatic tire, and 5 the rigid rim of the latter, which in practice is usually of metal and is received annularly about the periphery of the telly.

6 represents clamping devices. These clamping devices comprise clamp-plates arranged in pairs, the clamp-plates being shown at 7 and 8. They are arranged to be clamped by lateral pressure at the sides of a spoke and folly, and have bearing on the rim 5, the plates of the respective pairs being provided with inwardly projecting flanges 9 10 preferably formed up from the plates with inner roundings 11 12, forming bearings for the spokes, arranged to fit the roundings 18 141. at the sides of the spokes, the flanges projecting inwardly or toward each other,, preferably-at the rear face of the spoke, and thereby aiding in bracing the plates. The other ends of the respective plates are provided with inclined hearing-faces 15 arranged to bear against the inner annular face of the rigid rim 5. 16 is a bolt received through apertures 17 in the respective plates of the pairs of plates and has clamp-nuts 18 and jam-nuts 19 at the respective ends thereof, this construction per mitting the bolt to project selectively at either side of the wheel, and forms a clamping member for clamping the spoke and be provided with a tongue 26 forced outwardly by a spring 27, the tongue having a thumb-piece F28 slidable in a slot 29 for locking the snap-hook in place. If desired, each of the clamp-plates may be provided with an inner lining 30 which may be of suitable cushioning material and is received between the respective clamp-plates and the spoke and telly of the wheel.

The attaching devices are arranged to be rigidly secured to the wheel, and are intended to remain in place when once attached. The chains are cross-chains which are re ceived transversely about the outer face of the tire and are releasably secured to the clamping devices by means whereby the cross-chains may be readily, instantly and securely attached and also detached from the clamping device. Any one or more of the cross-chains may be attached, depending on the road conditions, and the ready means by which they are attached and detached permits the chains to be attached and removed readily and at pleasure, so that all road conditions may be readily met. The tire-chains may be clasped to mating plates, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,'or may be diagonally arntinged, a'sshown at- 21, between adjacent clamping devices, as shown in Fig.

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5. The clamp-plates are clamped by lateral pressuretoward the sides of the spoke and felly' adjacent the attachment of the spoke to the folly, the mating clamping plates for the respective spokes extending diagonally of said respective spokesat the sides of said respective spokes and the telly.

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In tesliinony whereof, I hzwesignecl my 11: me liei'e'to in the presence: of two subscrih h1g1 witnesses.

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Cor: sum: clou'rlmmi'm, LILLTAN BURNETT.

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